Originally Posted by Maelochs

@ womenbyx; Sorry but I am in a hurry and cannot research the bikers you mentioned. Let me please say this though: Don't Rush.

Don't spend the not inconsiderable cash on a bike because "it was the closest thing my local store had to what I want."

Look online, look at different brands, take a weekend day and visit bike shops further away. If the store near you can;'t meet your needs, they simply cannot.

You would never buy a pair of shoes or a pair of slacks which totally didn't fit and didn't look good even if they had fit, just because you wanted a new pair of shoes or slacks. You'd find something you liked ... otherwise you would park it in the closet and ignore it.

Plenty of folks here got as-new three-year-old bikes because someone was in a hurry to buy, bought something s/he didn't like, and ended up riding twice and sticking it in the corner of the garage. When, three years later, s/he decided to sell it, someone who knew what it was capitalized and is now riding some awesome bike for one-third of its sale price.

Don't be the person who bought the wrong bike.